After sending the village chief Shen Er away, it didn't take long for the third uncle to come back in a hurry. Before he could enter the hospital, he heard the third uncle shouting outside the gate: "Second Brother - Second Brother"
When the second uncle saw the panic expression of the third uncle: What happened to the third uncle? He was in a panic.
Third Uncle: Second brother, there are rumors in the village that you are going to be the head of Guangyuan Village.
The second uncle smiled slightly: "The village chief came over and sat for a while, and said a lot that he must let me be the village chief of Guangyuan Village."
The third uncle was surprised when he heard this: Then you agreed
Second uncle: Yes - agreed
Third uncle casually slapped his thigh: Second brother, you are so confused.
There was some confusion on the second uncle's face: Why am I confused?
Third Uncle: Second brother, at this juncture, Shen Er asked you to be the village chief. That will bring trouble and blame on our Li family. Li Lin beat up the second son of the Zhang family in front of so many people. What do you think? Can the Zhang family let it go easily? When he becomes the village chief, the matter will not affect the Li family. But if you become the village chief, the Zhang family will transfer their anger towards Guangyuan Village to us. If you have any shortcomings, then Isn't the village chief still his Shen Er?
The second uncle waved his hand to the third uncle and asked him to sit down: Third uncle, do you really think that I don’t know what old boy Shen Er has planned?
Third Uncle: I know, then you still want to be the village chief
Second Uncle: Why shouldn’t I be doing this? Only when I become the village chief can I have the qualifications to meet the county magistrate and inquire about the whereabouts of the 50 young men who were kidnapped from Guangyuan Village.
The third uncle sighed when he heard this: Second brother, it must have been a year since Dalong and Xiaohu were captured.
Second Uncle: Well, it’s been more than a year. I don’t know how those two boys are doing now, whether they are alive or dead.
Third Uncle: Second brother, my two nephews are blessed with good fortune and God will favor them.
Second Uncle: I hope you can go to Pengxi County after lunch, Third Brother. Things have been a bit uneven recently. Please ask your three boys to come back and join the battle, father and son soldiers - brothers fighting tigers. If you want to survive this current situation You have to rely on your own family to overcome difficulties.
The third uncle heard this and nodded: Then I will go now
After saying that, the third uncle got up and was about to go to Pengxi County. When the second uncle saw this, he softly shouted to the third uncle: "The third uncle will leave after eating."
The third uncle waved his hand: I'll bring two dry rations and put them on the road. Just take a bite.
After lunch, the second uncle took Li Lin and Li Song around the village. The village was surrounded by grass that was half a person tall, with scattered houses and muddy dirt roads. Children were walking around on the muddy dirt roads. Play, most of the houses here are built of adobe and gravel, the beams are made of wooden squares, and the roof is covered with a layer of straw mats woven with straw, and the straw mats are tied to the wooden stakes with straw ropes. superior
Households with better conditions will use wooden boards to make their roofs, and put some stones on the roof to prevent it from being blown up by the wind. Many of the houses and barns have uneven wooden sticks stuck outside. Guangyuan Village 300 Among the many families, only Shen Er's family lives in a blue brick house. After walking around the village with his second uncle, there are only five or six households with cattle in the village. This shows how poor the people in the village are.
After wandering around the village, the second uncle took the two brothers to a mountain col about 2 kilometers north of Guangyuan Village, and below the mountain col there was a large wasteland full of withered grass.
Li Lin looked at the wasteland in front of her: Second Uncle, this wasteland is at least nearly a thousand acres.
The second uncle looked at the wasteland: The wasteland in front of him covers more than 1,400 acres. It is only abandoned because there is no water source for irrigation. If we can find a water source to irrigate this field, everyone will be rich in a few years. stand up
Li Song: Can’t my second uncle dig a canal from the Guihai River to divert water to irrigate this wasteland?
Second Uncle: You have tried to make excuses before but it didn’t work. This wasteland is located north of Guihai River and is a sloping land. The terrain gets higher as you go north and there are mostly underground rocks making it impossible to dig river channels.
Li Lin: Second uncle, can’t we dig wells to irrigate the wasteland?
Second Uncle: This method has been tried before, but digging wells not only consumes manpower, but also consumes a lot of money. No one can say exactly how deep to dig to find the water source. The villagers dug a lot of wells in the past, but There was no water inside, so over time everyone gave up on this idea.
After hearing what their second uncle said, the two brothers looked at the wasteland in front of them and fell into deep thought.
In Duyuan City, the capital of Duyuan County, a very luxurious mansion was filled with an atmosphere of panic. The maids and servants were all working cautiously. In the main room of the house sat a man who was nearly 50 years old. A man about 10 years old, with his hair tied up and a Chinese face, a goatee, wearing a gray silk gown, twirling his beard with his hands, is sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and meditating.
He looked like an official with a solemn and majestic face. This person was Zhang Da, the head of the Zhang family. Yesterday, Mr. Zhang, who took people to grab water from Guihai River and Guangyuan Village, was standing in front of Zhang Da with his hands lowered respectfully. , at this time, his face was bruised and purple, and he had plasters on it. His face was filled with tears of grievance, and he looked very embarrassed.
Zhang Da picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea: How about that thing Wenxuan asked you to do as a father?
It turns out that the full name of the Second Young Master in this photo is Zhang Wenxuan, and Gu was called Second Young Master Zhang just because he was the second eldest child in the family.
Even though Zhang Wenxuan is usually arrogant and domineering, in front of his father Zhang Da, Zhang Wenxuan is so talkative. At this time, Zhang Wenxuan lowered his head like a child who has done something wrong. He cried to his father with snot and tears: Dad. Yesterday, I took people to Guangyuan Village and saw that things were about to happen, but I didn't expect that the village chief of Guangyuan Village would allow the villagers to commit murder. Dad, look at these injuries on my body. They were beaten by the Li brothers from Guangyuan Village.
Father, when have our Zhang family ever been so angry? You must avenge your child. You must make Guangyuan Village and the Li brothers pay the price.
There was a fierce light in Zhang Da's eyes that made people shudder. He already hated Shen Er and the Li brothers and gritted his teeth. Zhang Da suddenly stood up and threw the tea cup to the ground. There was a crisp sound, Zhang Wenxuan, who was standing aside, was so frightened that he broke into sweat: There are still people in Duyuan County who dare to touch my son, Zhang Da. This enemy will definitely avenge you. I will let them know the consequences of going against the Zhang family.
On this day, Uncle San was selling meat in the village as usual, but there were not many people buying meat today, so Uncle San was waving a banana fan to drive away flies and shouting to people, "The new pork killed today costs 20 cents a pound, come and see." Take a look at it, I guarantee it will be tender and fragrant when you buy it and cook it.”
The third uncle yelled at the top of his lungs for a long time, but few people came to ask, so the third uncle sat on a chair and started to sell it. At noon, a group of strangers came to the village. When the third uncle had nothing to do, he checked in his mind. After a while, there were eight of them in total. The third uncle guessed that this group of people was going somewhere in the north and passed through Guangyuan Village, but this group of people sneaked back and forth several times in Guangyuan Village. Judging from this posture, they seemed to be looking for someone.
I saw a few of them gathered together and shook their heads to each other, and then a middle-aged man walked towards the third uncle's meat stall. When he came to the meat stall, the man asked the third uncle: Brother, I want to ask you something.
When the third uncle heard this, he stopped the fan in his hand and said, "Tell me what's going on."
Middle-aged man: Brother, we are distant relatives of the village chief’s family. We passed by Guangyuan Village today and wanted to pay him a visit. We haven’t moved around in several years. I can’t remember where his family lives.
The third uncle didn't think much after hearing this, and pointed to the south casually: If you go along this road, you will see a blue brick house, which is the village chief's house.
The middle-aged man heard that Uncle Chao offered his hand as a handcuff: Brother, thank you
The third uncle nodded when he heard the words. After saying this, the middle-aged man turned around and left. However, he turned back without a few pieces of cloth. He only saw a smile on his face: Brother, I am asking you something. This Guangyuan Village Is there an Orion named Li?
The third uncle wrinkled his forehead slightly when he heard this: There is such a family in the village.
The middle-aged man asked again: Are there two boys in Li Orion's family who are around 24 or 5 years old?
The moment this group of strangers entered Guangyuan Village, Uncle San noticed them. As soon as they arrived, they wandered back and forth in the village several times, first asking where the village chief's home was, then asking about the Li family, and then adding What happened two days ago made the third uncle feel a little vigilant.
So the third uncle joked with the middle-aged man: Why is Li Orion also your distant relative?
The middle-aged man waved his hand: Brother, you have misunderstood. I have long heard that there is a hunter named Li in Guangyuan Village. He goes into the mountains to hunt all year round. I want to buy some furs from him.
Hearing what the middle-aged man said, the third uncle strengthened his suspicion. This group of people came to Guangyuan Village just to inquire about the location, so the third uncle became careless. Our family lives in the northernmost part of the village, but the third uncle did not Tell the middle-aged man to walk to the east of the village. When you reach the end, you will see a few adobe houses surrounded by stone walls. That is the Li Orion house you are looking for.
The middle-aged man never imagined that the meat seller in front of him was a member of Li Orion's family as he said. When the middle-aged man turned to leave, his third uncle grabbed his arm and said, "That's how you deal with relatives." I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go there empty-handed. Look, the pork here is all freshly killed today. Every piece of meat is fat or lean. It doesn't matter whether you eat it stir-fried or stewed when you buy it. It's already delicious. Let's go. Relative, if you serve two of these, wouldn’t they also serve as a side dish at noon?
Seeing this, the middle-aged man shook his hand in embarrassment: No, no, I just passed by and went to a relative's house.
As he spoke, the middle-aged man retracted his arm, and then left Guangyuan Village with the group of strangers. After the group of strangers left, the third uncle sat down on the chair. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. There was still a feeling of discomfort in his heart. I had a good premonition that something was going to happen, so my third uncle put away the meat on the pressing board and pushed the cart home.
When the third uncle returned home and opened the door to enter the courtyard, the second uncle was sitting cross-legged under the eaves, holding the bowstring and maintaining the bow and arrow. Seeing that the third uncle came back so early today, the second uncle would He put down what he was doing and asked: "Lao San, why did you come back so early today? It's not even noon yet."
I saw the third uncle holding the bowl, filling the water tank with a bowl of water "Gudong-Gudong" and started drinking: There are no people today, I didn't sell a few kilograms of meat this morning, and the second brother came to the village today. A group of strangers, they didn’t look like good people. I saw them wandering back and forth in the village several times, and they even asked me where Shen Er’s family lived. Second brother, guess what else that group of people asked me about.
The second uncle shook his head and replied with a smile: How could I guess that?
Third Uncle: He also asked me about where we live, and also mentioned to me that Xiaolin and Xiaosongzi had arrived.
When the second uncle heard this, his expression instantly became serious: Third brother, are the group of people you mentioned still in the village?
Third Uncle: You are talking about that group of people. They have been gone for an hour.
Second Uncle: No, they probably came to Guangyuan Village to check out the location.
Third Uncle: Second brother, we thought of going together. How else could I have come back so early today?
Second Uncle: Third brother, please don’t go to the meat stall these days. Stay at home and don’t go anywhere.
The third uncle heard this and responded: Yes
Second Uncle: By the way, when will Daniel, Erniu and Mavericks come back?
Third Uncle: The three of them will be back tonight
Second Uncle: You need to make more meat dishes that night. The three boys in your family have suffered a lot in the past two years. Let us have a few drinks tonight.
Third Uncle: Of course, there hasn’t been any excitement in the house for a long time.
Second Uncle: Third brother, when your three boys come back this time, don’t let them work as long-term workers for a wealthy family. Now the family is also short of those three sets of bowls and chopsticks. Let’s wait until next year to find a way to see if we can do it. Plant several acres of land
Third uncle: If second brother can really cultivate a few acres of land, what a good relationship it will be.
Second Uncle: Don’t tell others about the stranger in Laosan Village.
Third uncle: OK, second brother, I understand.
In a blink of an eye, it was the morning of the fourth day. The peaceful Guangyuan Village suddenly broke in. There were hundreds of gangsters. This group of people rolled up their arms and sleeves, and deliberately exposed their chests with grins. Outside, they were walking in a small square step with their hands against the wooden sticks, and everyone showed an attitude of fearlessness. As soon as this gang of thugs entered Guangyuan Village, they beat everyone they met and smashed everything they saw.
As usual, most of the men in the village went to work in geography as soon as the sun rose. Those who stayed at home to look after the house were all the elderly, women and children, so it was as if the gang of thugs were committing violence in Guangyuan Village. In a human state, they even started teasing the little daughter-in-law in the street, which caused the whole Guangyuan Village to be in a state of chaos.
Coincidentally, after the three brothers Daniu, Erniu and Xiaoniu came back, the second uncle took the family to make a series of preparations. First, he reinforced the gate and the door, and collected some small stones near the house. We also made a few shields out of wooden boards. On this day, a group of us were cleaning the yard at home, when we heard a lot of noise and the crying of women and children outside.
As soon as the third uncle went out, he saw several villagers. They were beaten by a group of thugs with sticks. When the third uncle saw this, he waved his hands towards the villagers and shouted: Oh, this way.
The villagers died as soon as they heard this and ran towards the third uncle. After the third uncle introduced the villagers into the yard, he immediately closed the door. The third uncle was afraid that the door would not resist kicking, so he used two sticks to A wooden stick as thick as an arm pushed up the door, and at the same time he shouted at the top of his lungs: Second brother, hurry up!
Upon hearing this, our cousins immediately picked up wooden sticks and wooden shields and set up a formation in the yard. My second uncle asked the women and children who ran in to hide in the house and asked them to close the door. Lock it up - don't come out no matter what happens. Just when several male villagers were about to enter the house together, the second uncle stopped them. "Masters, please stop hiding, hurry up and join us." Beat them up"
Hearing this, a villager said: Don't you know that the second son of the Li family is not known to others? We are all ordinary farmers. How can we fight? Just let us enter the house.
Seeing this, other villagers quickly echoed: Yes, second brother
Second Uncle: You don’t know how to fight, right? That doesn’t matter. Just listen to my greetings for you guys in a while.
Several villagers looked at each other with a bit of reluctance. When the third uncle saw this, he roared angrily: Humph - listen to the ridiculous words you just said. We are working hard outside to let you go. You guys hide in the house. It's your turn. If you really don't want to help, then just climb over the wall and get out.
After being scolded by the third uncle, several villagers grabbed wooden sticks from the ground. But at this moment, there were several muffled sounds "bang-bang" coming from outside the gate. The gang of thugs began to kick the door. After the sound passed, I heard someone outside say, "The door can't be kicked open - you guys climb over the wall to get in, you guys climb in from that side." Then six or seven rogues climbed in from the outside.
At the moment when the rogues landed, the second uncle shouted to everyone, "throw stones." As soon as everyone picked up the stones on the ground, they threw them at the rogues. The rocks in the sky beat the rogues to death. Liu-Wailed in pain. When the ruffians outside heard the wails, they thought that the group of rogues who had just entered the yard had succeeded, so they swarmed up and prepared to enter the yard.
Little did they know that as soon as the gangsters showed up, there would be a sky full of rocks waiting for them. Just the stones thrown out knocked over a dozen gangsters. When the gangsters outside the wall saw that their accomplices had suffered a loss, they picked up the thrown stones from the ground. The stones were thrown into the yard. Fortunately, a few of us used wooden shields to block the attacks of the stones. However, the villagers were not so lucky. Three of them were injured by the flying stones.
Upon seeing this, the second uncle quickly asked the injured villagers to hide behind the house. At the same time, about a dozen gangsters took advantage of the opportunity for their accomplices to throw stones into the yard and climbed over the earth wall. So two groups of people A fight started in the yard. During the fight, a gangster took the opportunity to run to the door and kicked open the two doorposts, letting in the accomplices outside.
Youdao is that a good tiger cannot fight against a pack of wolves - it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands. Due to the large number of rogues in the fight, our group of people fell into a disadvantage in an instant. Soon the rogues surrounded our group of people. After a moment of stalemate, the gangsters swarmed up and attacked our group.
Faced with a situation where we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, we can only take action with our own eyes in mind. The gangsters took advantage of this and took advantage of it. Uncle San was hit on the head without paying attention. , before he could come back to his senses and react what was going on, the gangster hit him on the head again, and the third uncle leaned forward and fell to the ground. Then several gangsters surrounded the third uncle. A violent kick
